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Standard front

Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, Advanced Metal Extractor around 9 minutes, with Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus trickling out to hold and push the middle over the full 15 minutes.

#eco · 1137 distinct matches · 143 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1296 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:48

  1. Take mex and wind, start bot lab and vehicle plant together.
  2. Finish vehicle plant and begin Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus mix.
  3. Send first units to the coast to stop leaks, not straight to mid.
  4. Add Janus or Centurion once first units are out, then form up as a line.
  5. Push T2 constructor out once the line holds middle.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1137 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 step by step: what to build now, what comes next, and where it goes. At 1× it keeps pace with your own game.

  1. 1

    Up to the Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 1 winddone ~0:45, middle half 0:36–8:32

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (42%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 77 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:48 · typical 0:47
    4. RoverScout ×5
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    6. Mex
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Mex
    9. WhistlerMissile truck
    10. Mex
    11. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    12. Mex
    13. SentrySentry
    14. WhistlerMissile truck
    15. SentrySentry
    16. WhistlerMissile truck
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. JanusJanus
    19. WhistlerMissile truck ×4
    20. SentrySentry
    21. WhistlerMissile truck
    22. JanusJanus
    23. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    24. JanusJanus
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Mex
    27. BlitzBlitz ×2
    28. SentrySentry
    29. BlitzBlitz ×2
    30. Mex
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. SentrySentry
    33. JanusJanus
    34. BlitzBlitz ×6
    35. SentrySentry
    36. BlitzBlitz ×4
    37. Mex
    38. BlitzBlitz ×2
    39. SentrySentry
    40. BlitzBlitz ×5
    41. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×3
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:14 · typical 8:53
    43. BlitzBlitz ×8
    44. Wind
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Wind
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Con turret
    51. Wind
    52. RoverScout
    53. Converter
    54. RoverScout
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. RoverScout
    57. Mex
    58. Wind
    59. RoverScout
    60. SentrySentry
    61. Wind
    62. RoverScout
    63. SentrySentry
    64. RoverScout
    65. Wind
    66. RoverScout
    67. Wind
    68. RoverScout
    69. Converter
    70. RoverScout ×2
    71. Wind
    72. RoverScout
    73. Wind
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. RoverScout
    76. Wind
    77. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:02 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · tick (41%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: energy storage (46%) · rocketeer (39%) · blitz (38%) · pawn (36%) · Lazarus (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 33 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Wind
    3. RoverScout
    4. Converter
    5. RoverScout
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. RoverScout
    8. Wind
    9. RoverScout
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret
    12. RoverScout
    13. Wind
    14. Energy storage
    15. RoverScout
    16. Wind
    17. RoverScout
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Converter
    20. RoverScout
    21. Wind
    22. RoverScout
    23. Wind
    24. RoverScout
    25. Wind
    26. RoverScout
    27. Wind ×2
    28. RoverScout
    29. Wind ×2
    30. RoverScout
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×2
    33. RoverScout

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Optimusprimenutt's (42 OS, 07/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:16 · in 67% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1296 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001621143105
4:002707545333
5:0038531202813
6:00505920881516
7:00630929452448
8:00763537953332
9:00907846214252
10:001068352874979
11:001261557855647
12:001483963506479
13:001741969627188
14:002017276078094
15:002269483658973
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard economy-first Front play, winning slightly more than suicide front at 63% with a bigger metal lead by 15:00.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22704 by 15:00, highest of the two front roles.
  • + Own metal lost stays lower relative to produced, 8967 vs 22704 by 15:00.
  • − First unit lost already at 1:44, same as suicide front despite safer position.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Optimusprimenutt

41.7 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
120 metal received · 5225 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:36–8:32 · n=819
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=917
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–9:59 · n=1035

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